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CVE-2013-1727 (GCVE-0-2013-1727)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-18 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:13
VLAI
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 24.0 on Android allows attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and consequently conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain password or cookie information, by using a symlink in conjunction with a file: URL for a local file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2013-09-17 00:00
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